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Baar

Canton of Valais · District: Conthey · No published figure for the locality; the municipality of Nendaz has 7'352 inhabitants (31.12.2025, provisional FSO figure)
Part of the municipality of Nendaz
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Origin of the name Baar

The village was called « Barrum », « Bars » and « Bart » before becoming Baar. The meaning of the name is not known.[2]

Founding of Baar

Baar is a village of the municipality of Nendaz. The site was frequented in prehistory and again in antiquity. In the Middle Ages it belonged to the majorie of Brignon, which included Baar, Brignon, Beuson, Heiss and Clèbes. The Chapter of Sion held a good part of its lands here, and vineyards were then well developed. The village is irrigated by its own bisse.[1][2][3]

History of Baar

Late Neolithic. Slab graves with black pottery are built near Baar.[1]

Roman period. Seduni and Veragri live side by side in the area of Baar and Aproz.[2]

Around 1050. The Chapter of Sion grants in fief an estate including three fields at Baar and four meadows at Aproz.[2]

1163. Bishop Amédée de la Tour cedes the parish of Saint-Sigismond to Abbot Burchard of Agaune. In exchange he receives the parish of Saint-Léger de Nendaz and the grain tithe the abbot levied, among other places, at Baar.[2]

13th century. Vineyards are well developed around Baar, Brignon and Beuson. Most of the lands of the Chapter of Sion in Nendaz lie here.[2]

1260. On 5 September Peter II of Savoy imposes the Morge of Conthey on Bishop Henri de Rarogne as a boundary line. On the left bank of the Rhône it runs between Miseriez (Salins) and Baar. The agreement is annulled eight years later.[2]

Before 1456. The bisse (irrigation channel) of Baar is built.[3]

2009. The village holds its first annual carnival, with a parade and a fancy dress contest.[3]

Historic sites in Baar

Bisse de Baar. This irrigation channel, built before the middle of the 15th century, still flows across the territories of Sion and Nendaz.[3][5]

Remains in Baar

Neolithic graves. Slab graves with black pottery from the Late Neolithic, discovered near the village.[1]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Nendaz » (Pierre Carruzzo), version du 02.11.2010
  2. Lucien Lathion, « Nendaz au moyen âge », communication à l'assemblée de la Société d'histoire du Valais romand, Nendaz, 24 mai 1931, via RERO DOC
  3. Nendaz Tourisme, « Baar »
  4. Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS), STATPOP, chiffres provisoires au 31.12.2025, via citypopulation.de
  5. geo.admin.ch, recherche de lieux (Baar Nendaz)

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